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Rollers coach vows to fight back

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EVEN IN HARD TIMES; Township Rollers supporters rally behind their team
Despite a 1-4 defeat to Tunisian giants Esperance Sportive on Tuesday night, Township Rollers head coach Nikola Kavazovic has vowed that his team still have ‘one more miracle’ to show in the CAF Champions’ league group stage contest. Rollers have made their debut by defeating Uganda’s KCCA 1-0 in Botswana and hoped to proceed to cause upset in the next stage. However, against Esperance they faulted, losing concentration towards the end of the game which cost them dearly. But their coach has hailed them for putting up a fight against one of the leading lights of African football. “Congratulations to my players for attitude and desire they put on the field,” Kavazovic told rollersfc.com. “In first half we let Esperance dominate the possession and we relied only on offensive transition. Both teams could lead after half time. The opening minutes of second half we conceded a cheap goal which made me to go for all or nothing. We switched from 5-4-1 to 4-4-2 and dominated next 15 minutes. Joel (Mogorosi) and (Segolame) Boy had great chances, but no objections, they made quick reaction,” Kavazovic added. Kavazovic said acknowledged that his side was outplayed towards the end of the match as…

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